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Sniper

Year:

1993

Duration:

98 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Luis Llosa

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1993-01-29

Filming Locations: Australia

Earnings

Gross: $18,994,653 (USA)SEK 2,491,909 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Tom Berenger

Sniper

Billy Zane

Richard Miller

J.T. Walsh

Chester Van Damme

Aden Young

Doug Papich

Ken Radley

El Cirujano

Reynaldo Arenas

Cacique (as Reinaldo Arenas)

Gary Swanson

NSC Officer in Washington

Hank Garrett

Admiral in Washington

Frederick Miragliotta

General Miguel Alavarez

Vanessa Steele

Mrs. Alvarez

Carlos Álvarez

Raul Ochoa

Tyler Coppin

Ripoly (as Tyler Copin)

Teo Gebert

Ripolys Friend

Edward Wiley

DeSilva

William Curtin

Mountain Top Pilot

Howard Bosse

Mountain Top Co-Pilot

Christos A. Linou

Mountain Top Sniper

Christopher Morsley

Soldier at Pool Table

Don Battee

Soldier at Bar (as Donald Battee)

Raj Sidhu

Soldier in Barn

Roy Edmonds

Cabrera

Johnny Raaen

Crew Chief

Loury Cortez

Father Ruiz

Jorge Bustamante

Rebel Captain at Extraction

Rex Linn

Colonel (uncredited)

Antony Szeto

Boat Rebel (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

If you look closely at the locomotive of the train that inserts Beckett and Miller, the QR symbol of the Queensland Rail can be seen on the side. Queensland was the state of Australia where this movie was shot.

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Historically, Thomas Becket was the archbishop of Canterbury in England from 1162 until he was martyred in 1170, during the reign of King Henry II. He was the eponymous protagonist, portrayed by Richard Burton in the film Becket (1964)

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Richard Grieco was originally cast as Richard Miller.

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Goofs

When Miller is firing his weapon at his shadow at the church and the weapon runs out of ammo you can hear numerous clicks of the firing pin as he pulls the trigger. With the model of weapon he carries once it is empty the weapon will not dry fire.

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The camouflage paint on Millers face changes continuously throughout the movie.

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Becket is seen to be "deburring" a round with a knife. An real sniper would never do such a thing. Any alteration to the jacket of the round would alter the ballistics of the round (possibly quite severely). If anything a rag would be used to wipe the round down. And if handled correctly, a match grade round wouldn't have any burrs.

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Quotes

Cacique: Los ojos, quierro los ojos.

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Richard Miller: Is there a wrong way to fall down a fucking mountain?

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Thomas Beckett: Let me tell ya somethin' - sittin' in an office giving men orders to kill is the same thing as puttin' a bullet in someone's heart yourself. The same. Goddamn. THING.

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Faq

What are the differences between the British DVD Version and the original R-Rated Version?

Both versions exhibit a different cutting sequence. Concerning the cutting of various scenes, the R-Rated version is faster and more suspenseful than the UK version. With the exception of the censorship of one scene of violence, only scenes are missing that were slowing the film down and did not add anything important to the story. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here (scenes missing in the R-Rated Version) and here (scenes missing in the UK Version)

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